%0 Journal Article
%T LINKING ˇ°HERITAGE LANGUAGEˇ± EDUCATION AND PLURILINGUAL REPERTOIRES DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCES FROM DRAWINGS OF PORTUGUESE PUPILS IN GERMANY
%A SILVIA MELO PFEIFER
%A ALEXANDRA SCHMIDT
%J L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature
%D 2012
%I IAIMTE
%X This article discusses the outcomes of an investigation of social representations of Portuguese primary school pupils in Germany towards ˇ°their languagesˇ± (mainly Portuguese and German) within a theoretical framework based on the concept of ˇ°Heritage Languageˇ± and its role in the development of plurilingual competences.The results of the collected data (956 drawings from pupils in 7 German Federal States) point at the existence of: i) bounds between Heritage Language and the development of Plurilingual Competence; ii) stereotyped representations towards languages and cultures; and iii) the building up of a ˇ°linguistic cultureˇ±, since the pupils have already developed attitudes, knowledge and aptitude to deal with linguistic and cultural diversity. The study emphasizes the need to develop a more consistent multilingual awareness in order to optimize attitudes, knowledge and aptitudes evinced, namely in Heritage Language classroom.
%K Heritage language
%K Plurilingual Competence
%K Social Representations
%K Drawings
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